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Parthenius (Parthenios), the most important river in the west of Paphlagonia.
It owes its Greek name probably to a similarity in the sound of its native appellation,
which is still Bartan-Su or Bartine; though Greek authors fabled that it derived
its name from the fact that Artemis loved to bathe in its waters (Scymn. 226,
foll.) or to hunt on its banks, or from the purity of its waters. The river has
its sources on mount Olgassys, and in its north-western course formed the boundary
between Paphlagonia and Bithynia. It empties itself into the Euxine about 90 stadia
west of Amastris. (Hom. Il. ii. 854; Hes. Theog. 344; Herod. ii. 104; Xenoph.
Anab. v. 6. § 9, vi. 2. § 1; Strab. xii. p. 543; Ptol. v. 1. § 7; Arrian, Peripl.
p. 14; Steph. B. s. v., who erroneously states that the river flowed through the
middle of the town of Amastris; Ov. Ex Pont. iv. 10 49; Amm. Marc. xxii 9.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Sakora), a town in the interior of Paphlagonia, is mentioned only by Ptolemy
(v. 4. § 5).
Thymena (Thumena), a place on the coast of Paphlagonia, at a distance of 90 stadia
from Aegialus. (Arrian, Peripl. P. E. p. 15; Anonym. Peripl. P. E. p. 6.) Ptolemy
(v. 4. § 2) mentions it under the name of Thymaena, and states that it was also
called Teuthrania.
Zagorus or Zagorum (Zagoros, or Zagoron, Marcian. p. 73; Zageira, Ptol. v. 4.
§ 5; Zagora, Arrian, Peripl. P. E. p. 15; Zacoria, Tab. Peut.), a town of Paphlagonia,
on the coast of the Euxine, between Sinope and the mouth of the Halys, from the
latter of which it was distant about 400 stadia.
Zalecus (Zalekos, or Zaliskos, in Ptol. v. 4. § 3), a small river on the coast of Paphlagonia, discharging itself into the Euxine at a distance of 210 stadia west of the Halys. (Marcian. p. 73.) At its mouth there was a small town of the same name, about 90 stadia from Zagorus, or Zagorum (Anon. Peripl. P. E. p. 9); and this place seems to be the same as the one mentioned in the Peut. Table under the corrupt name of Halega, at a distance of 25 Roman miles from Zacoria. Hamilton (Researches, i. p. 298) identifies the site of Zalecus with the modern Alatcham, where some ruins and massive walls are still seen.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Stephane, a small port town on the coast of Paphlagonia, according to Arrian (Peripl.
P. E. p. 15) 180 stadia east of Cimolis, but according to Marcian (p. 72) only
150. The place was mentioned as early as the time of Hecataeus as a town of the
Mariandyni (Steph. B. s. v. Stephanis), under the name of Stephanis. (Comp. Scylax,
p. 34; Ptol. v. 4 § 2.) The modern village of Stephanio or Estifan probably occupies
the site of the ancient Stephane.
Carambis (Karambis: Kerempe). a promontory of Asia Minor, in the Paphlagonia
of Strabo (p. 545), who describes it as a great headland, turned to the north
and to the Scythian or Tauric Chersonesus. He considers this promontory and the
promontory of Criou Metopon in the Tauric Chersonesus as dividing the Euxine into
two seas. He states (p. 124) the distance between the two promontories at 2500
stadia; but this must be an error in the text for 1500 stadia, as a comparison
with another passage (p. 309) seems to show; and the fact that many navigators
of the Euxine are said to have seen both promontories at once (see Groskurd's
note in his Transl. of Strabo, vol. i. p. 204). Pliny (iv. 12) makes the distance
170 M. P. This promontory of Carambis is mentioned by all the ancient geographers,
and by many other writers. Pliny (vi. 2) makes the distance of Carambis from the
entrance of the Pontus 325 M. P., or 350 M. P. according to some authorities.
The direct distance from Sinope, which is east of it, was reckoned 700 stadia;
but the true distance is about 100 English miles. Carambis is in 42° N. lat. and
a little more; and it is not so far north as the promontory Syrias or Lepte, which
is near Sinope.
There was also a place called Carambis near the promontory, mentioned
by Scylax and Pliny, though the name in Scylax is an emendation of thle MS. reading
Caramus; but it appears to be a certain emendation.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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